Thanksgiving

//Last revised by grosslearning, MK Gross // //11 Oct 2011//

To develop and reinforce conversational skills in an advanced beginning ESL class of 8 to 12 students. To learn American cultural practices of holiday observances that affect store hours. To practice carrying on a phone conversation. To practice presenting material to the class. To produce a chart to take home to share with family.
 * Advanced Beginning ESL Lesson Plan**
 * Phone exercise: Which Stores Plan to be Open over Thanksgiving?**
 * Objective:**

The activities presented here will reinforce the concepts from a previous lesson of: using a calendar; telling time; differentiating pronunciation of “15” and “50”; planning a conversation (10 - 15 minutes) The activities presented here will introduce the conversational paradigm for asking a store its planned hours for a particular day (15 minutes) The activities here will give the students a chance to work in pairs to plan a conversation, conduct a spontaneous(10 minutes), constrained conversation (25 minutes) ; record information(5 - 10 minutes); present findings to the class (15 minutes)
 * Time: 1.5 hours**

Students will bring a cell phone to class or arrange to share one. Hand out #1 : Calendar page from either July or November, depending on season Hand out #2: When is the Last Class? Pointing to the right day of the week Hand out #3: List of stores with two possible headers--Will your store be open on July 4th? Will you store be open on Thanksgiving?
 * Media**:

To increase confidence in speaking and in using a planned conversation. To grasp the importance of choosing words that are more understandable over the telephone and to use the telephone in a guided environment. To add an additional conversational paradigm to the students’ inventory.
 * Pedagogical goals:**

Hand out color-coded items so that native speakers of the same language do not have the same color. Using Handouts #1 and #2, indentify upcoming course days and holidays; engage students in call and response; engage students in individual response; have students ask each other. Explain the notion that store hours vary. Group students in pairs based on the color coded items OR have a more experience class self-assign. I will conduct a spontaneous phone conversation in front of the class. Walk around room assisting students in writing up their planned conversation Have the most confident pair conduct a spontaneous phone conversation for the class Walk around room assisting students in conducting a phone dialogue Make sure that students are recording their answers and write up a grid on the board Have the students come to the front of the class to record their answers (this can be done //en masse// or one pair at a time, depending on the time remaining in class) Have the students present their findings
 * Procedure:**

Each student will take home a list of stores in the area and their holiday hours for the up-coming holiday.
 * Closing activity:**

//Last revised by grosslearning, MK Gross // //11 Oct 2011// //print using default mode, first page only//